{{short description|American baseball player (1877-1938)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography | name = Pop Rising | position = Outfielder | image = | bats = Unknown | throws = Right | birth_date = {{Birth date|1877|1|24}} | birth_place = Industry, Pennsylvania, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1938|1|28|1877|1|2}} | death_place = Rochester, Pennsylvania, U.S. |debutleague = MLB | debutdate = August 10 | debutyear = 1905 | debutteam = Boston Americans |finalleague = MLB | finaldate = October 6 | finalyear = 1905 | finalteam = Boston Americans |statleague = MLB | stat1label = Batting average | stat1value = .103 | stat2label = Home runs | stat2value = 0 | stat3label = Runs batted in | stat3value = 2 | teams = * Boston Americans ({{by|1905}}) }} '''Percival Sumner "Pop" Rising''' (January 24, 1877 – January 28, 1938) was an American right fielder in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Americans during the {{by|1905}} season.
==Biography== Rising was born in Industry, Pennsylvania on January 24, 1877. He threw right-handed (unknown batting side). His contract was purchased by the Boston Americans from the New London, Connecticut team for $1,200 on August 8, 1905.
During his eleven-game career, Rising was a .103 hitter (3-for-29) with two runs, two RBI, one double and one triple without home runs. In six outfield appearances, he never committed an error in nine chances for a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage. He also played an errorless game at third base (two chances).
==Death== Rising died at the age of fifty-six in Rochester, Pennsylvania on January 28, 1938.
==External links== {{baseballstats|br=r/risinpo01|brm=rising001per}} *[https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/R/Prisip101.htm Retrosheet]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rising, Pop}} Category:1877 births Category:1938 deaths Category:Boston Americans players Category:Major League Baseball right fielders Category:New London Whalers players Category:Springfield Ponies players Category:New Bedford Whalers (baseball) players Category:Lowell Grays players Category:Baseball players from Beaver County, Pennsylvania